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00:00:00You know the drill, look in the light, follow my finger, here, up.
00:00:24Your eyes are much worse, Tula.
00:00:27Isn't that to be expected?
00:00:29You've got to go to Boulder, you've got to see the specialist that I told you about,
00:00:33and you've got to do it now.
00:00:34You might be going blind.
00:00:35Why don't you just say it?
00:00:37It's inevitable.
00:00:38It's a bitter pill, but it has to be swallowed.
00:00:41How do you know that if you won't see a specialist?
00:00:45There's a chance.
00:00:47If I don't go, how long will it be?
00:01:0425, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35.
00:01:1636, 37, 38, 39, 40.
00:01:47Oh, so special.
00:02:06Oh, so beautiful.
00:02:16Oh.
00:02:46Aunt Tula, anyone home?
00:03:02Do you know what that was?
00:03:04No.
00:03:05No, of course you don't.
00:03:07That was the great Blue Heron.
00:03:10Here, on my property.
00:03:12A welcome guest.
00:03:14Invited, unlike some.
00:03:21Aunt Tula.
00:03:24The Ogallala Sioux believed that the Heron was an omen, a harbinger of change.
00:03:30Perhaps death.
00:03:35What are you all doing here?
00:03:38Billy and David have been trying to call you for several days.
00:03:41They thought perhaps you were...
00:03:43Dead?
00:03:44Oh, no such luck.
00:03:51I turned off the ringer on the phone, and it's perfect now.
00:03:56I can make all the calls that I want, and still remain undisturbed.
00:04:01Or so I thought.
00:04:03This is my job, Mrs. Jeters.
00:04:06It's what a social worker does.
00:04:09Your niece and nephew were worried about you, so they asked me to come here and check on you.
00:04:15They're not worried. They're waiting.
00:04:18Aunt Tula, we just wanted to come visit.
00:04:20You know, isn't that what families are supposed to do?
00:04:23We worry about you, Aunt Tula, living out here all alone?
00:04:27It's her job to be nosy. What's your excuse?
00:04:31If it's a matter of paying the phone bill.
00:04:33Can you just go and check the phone, please?
00:04:40She needs help, Billy.
00:04:42I just started to evaluate Tula.
00:04:44I have to see that she is incapable of properly caring for herself
00:04:49before I can make any recommendations about moving her into a retirement home or assisted living.
00:04:54The phone's fine. Perfectly fine.
00:04:57I'm going to call her.
00:04:59I'm going to call her.
00:05:01I'm going to call her.
00:05:03I'm going to call her.
00:05:05I'm going to call her.
00:05:07The phone's fine. Perfectly fine.
00:05:09You must have dialed the wrong number.
00:05:11Aren't you going to invite us in?
00:05:13We came all this way out here to visit with you.
00:05:16No.
00:05:20Don't run over my roses when you leave.
00:05:23Don't you see? Tula can't possibly save this place.
00:05:26I mean, it takes a lot of money and a lot of hard work to preserve this sort of treasure.
00:05:31Oh, look into it, Billy.
00:05:37Yeah.
00:06:02I do so enjoy your family's little visits.
00:06:06I find them so stimulating.
00:06:36I do so enjoy your family's little visits.
00:07:07Look.
00:07:18Here we go again. Now what?
00:07:23I thought you said it was fixed.
00:07:26It was. This is something different.
00:07:28That's what you said last time, Hank.
00:07:30Would you stop calling me Hank?
00:07:33What happened to Daddy? Or Pop? Or Father?
00:07:37You're wearing lipstick again, aren't you?
00:07:39I've been wearing it since New Mexico and you didn't notice.
00:07:43I put it on in New Mexico and you're just now noticing it in Colorado?
00:07:47I truly do not see what the difference is.
00:07:51I told you so.
00:08:04This looks real nice.
00:08:08Be on your best behavior, okay?
00:08:24Pack. It looks better when I do it.
00:08:34Hello in there?
00:08:38My name is California Ford. Callie for short.
00:08:41I'm having some trouble and I could use the assistance of a kindly hearted person.
00:08:45My dear old dad injured himself while trying to repair a car.
00:08:48That's my dear old dad.
00:08:52He burned his hand real bad on the car's radiator.
00:08:55We need something to keep it from blistering.
00:08:57Aloe vera.
00:08:59Uh, ma'am?
00:09:01To tell you the truth, I gotta go to the bathroom.
00:09:06My grandma says a lady never goes in the bushes.
00:09:09Could I possibly...
00:09:13Alright.
00:09:15Thank you.
00:09:17To the left. Don't leave the light on.
00:09:25Aloe vera. Just plant right over here with the pointed leaf.
00:09:29Don't break one of the leaves off.
00:09:33Sorry to bother you, ma'am.
00:09:35Oh, for heaven's sakes. Here.
00:09:46I took the liberty of borrowing your phone, ma'am.
00:09:49Don't worry. I call collect.
00:09:52I told mama that the car was as dead as a doornail, daddy.
00:09:55That we wouldn't be home for some time.
00:09:57And what did your mother say?
00:09:59That she said she loved us, like always.
00:10:07Daddy, I'm hungry.
00:10:16Well, I guess I better get this little lady something to eat.
00:10:19Get that car working.
00:10:21They didn't name me Henry Ford for nothing.
00:10:24You shouldn't lie like that about calling your mother.
00:10:27She was one tough old nut to crack, eh?
00:10:30Here, have a tomato.
00:10:40Well, Mr. Mayor, I think everyone here knows how I feel about these grand plans...
00:10:46that have been put before us for the past month or so.
00:10:49Golf courses, mini-malls and the like.
00:10:53And I know I'm in the minority.
00:10:55But I will not give up raising my voice against these plans.
00:10:59Thank you, Clyde.
00:11:01Billy?
00:11:04Now, our town needs to grow in order to survive.
00:11:07We've got lots of reasonably priced land.
00:11:10We've got good schools, low property taxes, lake frontage.
00:11:15But for people to want to move somewhere,
00:11:17they have to have places to go and shop and eat and recreate.
00:11:22Now, Summersville, down the road, is already way ahead of us.
00:11:27They have two hotels, four movie screens and three new restaurants.
00:11:33And traffic. They got traffic.
00:11:36Our town is in the perfect position for us to grow and to prosper.
00:11:41Seems that you and Dave here have this all figured out.
00:11:46Maybe we should just disband city council and make you two dictators for life.
00:11:53Clyde, whether you understand it or not,
00:11:56Cumberland needs new jobs, new housing, malls, a golf course.
00:12:02Nobody since the beginning of time ever needed a golf course.
00:12:07I think we'd all be better off with one less mall in this country.
00:12:11You're all sheep. Can't you see you're being led?
00:12:15The cheaters have more to gain than any of us.
00:12:18They stand to make a fortune.
00:12:26Well, it seems that everybody thinks you're just going to up and sign over your house to Billy and Dave.
00:12:32Just so.
00:12:33Of course, Clyde gave them a little last night for a while anyway.
00:12:37Oh, good old Clyde.
00:12:38But that didn't keep them from voting overwhelmingly.
00:12:44They go ahead with the development plans that Billy and Dave put before the council.
00:12:49Counting their chickens before they're hatched.
00:12:52You wouldn't know that by the way they carried on there last night.
00:12:55I'm telling you, Tulane, now listen to me.
00:12:57Your niece and your nephew are determined to get your house and your land.
00:13:02First of all, they are not my niece and nephew.
00:13:04They are the captain's.
00:13:06And they have to come through me first, don't they?
00:13:10I sometimes feel like the whole world is waiting for me to die or become helpless or go crazy.
00:13:21And I'm not about to oblige them.
00:13:26Does that mean you're ready for me to call that specialist?
00:13:40Come on, Hank. It's your break.
00:13:42I think I've taken enough of your money for one day.
00:13:46Come on, Hank. It's your break.
00:13:49I think I've taken enough of your money for one day.
00:14:16Well, aren't you the gentleman? Billy Jeter's.
00:14:21No doubt the queen of real estate around here.
00:14:23Henry Ford, my friends call me Hank.
00:14:25Just passing through?
00:14:27Aren't we all?
00:14:29You staying around here or in Summersville?
00:14:32I'm just outside of town. Sort of trying on a place for size.
00:14:36Seen anything you like so far?
00:14:38I like the vision I'm having right now.
00:14:41You don't exactly seem to fit the Cumberland mold.
00:14:45No, what would that be?
00:14:48Country, but in a good way.
00:14:53Slow summer days, skinny dipping at the watering hole.
00:14:58Dances at the BFW Hall on chilly winter nights.
00:15:02You strike me as more sophisticated than life a town like this would offer.
00:15:08So tell me, Hank, you got any plans the rest of the day?
00:15:12None that come to mind.
00:15:14Maybe you wouldn't mind letting a sophisticated woman like myself take you for a drive?
00:15:23I was just going to ask you for a ride to that swimming hole.
00:15:27Yeah, get in. I'll see if I can do you better than that.
00:15:38Sorry if I startled you.
00:15:43Hank is really, really good with motors.
00:15:46But he needs some parts and we don't have any money to buy him.
00:15:51I'm here to see if I can do some work or something to make some money.
00:15:56Maybe you should call your mother again and tell her about the additional delay.
00:16:02Well, to tell you the truth...
00:16:05I kind of lied.
00:16:08I didn't call her at all yesterday.
00:16:11In fact, we don't know where she is.
00:16:14She left a long time ago.
00:16:16I tossed and turned all night over it.
00:16:19Of course, it might have been the mosquitos.
00:16:21Where did you sleep?
00:16:23In the car. We do that sometimes.
00:16:26Well, I think maybe I could find some peanut butter and jelly in the cupboard.
00:16:30Why don't you follow me and help me find it, all right?
00:16:34Oh, here's Oliveira. Very good for mosquito bites.
00:16:38Gosh, does this stuff work on, like, everything?
00:16:44You know, I knew all along that you didn't call your mother.
00:16:48I didn't want her to worry.
00:16:52You know, I knew all along that you didn't call your mother.
00:16:57Yeah, Hank wasn't happy with me lying to you and all.
00:17:01Why do you call your father Hank?
00:17:15They just asked me to see if you'd be interested in selling the place.
00:17:18Don't shoot the messenger.
00:17:22Tula, I'm not on anyone's side here. I'm just trying to do my job.
00:17:27How old are you?
00:17:2928.
00:17:31I've lived in this house longer than your entire lifetime.
00:17:38She's beginning to hurt a little bit here and there, like me.
00:17:42But she is sound and solid.
00:17:48This place is too big to care for all by yourself.
00:17:52Well, I could take an ad in the paper for a boarder.
00:17:56Someone to help me out around the property.
00:18:00Do the things that I can't get to.
00:18:03Are you sure a stranger living with you is a good idea?
00:18:06Oh, they wouldn't have to live here. There is a guest house.
00:18:12I think I see the two perfect strangers for the job.
00:18:26All right, you may stay here under the following conditions.
00:18:30I want you to evaluate this car and advise me in detail what it would take to get it running again.
00:18:37Room and board, $100 cash.
00:18:40That sounds fair enough.
00:18:42Made in the name of Henry Ford for nothing.
00:18:45How long has it been since you started this old relic?
00:18:48Winter. Before last.
00:18:51You can easily do it.
00:18:53All right, I will show you where you're going to stay.
00:18:56Is it in the house?
00:18:57No. If things work out, I'm willing to pay an extra $40 a day for help with odd jobs.
00:19:11All right, here we are.
00:19:23Okay.
00:19:30All right, breakfast is at 7 a.m. sharp.
00:19:33Good night.
00:19:34Good night.
00:19:35Good night.
00:19:38You hear that, Callie? We've got a place to stay for a bit.
00:19:41$100 for the car, $40 a day for whatever else she has in mind.
00:19:45I know it's not much, but at least we've got a place to stay for some time.
00:19:48Some time. Some time indeed.
00:19:50Breakfast at 7, my lady.
00:19:59This would make the perfect place for your women's center.
00:20:02It's been for sale for ages.
00:20:04I've explained to the owners how the tax write-off works, and I just know we can get it donated.
00:20:08I can't tell you how much this would mean.
00:20:10Oh, it's the least we can do.
00:20:12It's just so hard to see these women out there without a place of their own.
00:20:16Especially the older ones.
00:20:17So how did it go with Tula?
00:20:19We had a nice visit, I think.
00:20:21She's getting her car fixed.
00:20:23Why does she need her car fixed? Can she even drive?
00:20:26Well, she's decided to take on Borders, a man and his little girl.
00:20:30Borders?
00:20:32Henry and Callie Ford?
00:20:34Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are we talking about Hank Ford?
00:20:36Ever since her husband passed, Tula's had a hard time keeping up with the place.
00:20:40I think this could be a great way for her to get some help.
00:20:43Help?
00:20:45She's determined to give it a go.
00:20:48I will keep an eye on her until the end of my evaluation.
00:20:51So, let me know about the property as soon as you can.
00:20:55And I will get started raising the remodeling money.
00:20:58Okay, okay. Well, thank you very much for coming down.
00:21:00Thank you.
00:21:04So, you know this Hank fella?
00:21:07I met him in town the other day.
00:21:09You met him?
00:21:10He was helping me put up a for sale sign, so I gave him a ride to show him the town.
00:21:13Sightseeing with a drifter, huh? Nice.
00:21:16My personal business is exactly that.
00:21:21Tula thinks having some drifter and his kid bunking up with her is going to stop me.
00:21:25She couldn't be more wrong.
00:21:30Callie.
00:21:36Can you look?
00:21:38You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
00:21:47Alright, this is a small bonus for a great learning experience.
00:21:53You now know how to can tomatoes.
00:21:56Thank you.
00:21:58You ready?
00:22:12Always remember, Callie, it pays more to use your brain than to bust your hump.
00:22:15At least they made mine legal.
00:22:17Nothing wrong with having skills, girl.
00:22:19Shooting pool is not legal.
00:22:21Always remember, Callie, it pays more to use your brain than to bust your hump.
00:22:24At least they made mine legal.
00:22:26Nothing wrong with having skills, girl.
00:22:28Shooting pool is not a skill, Hank. It's a game.
00:22:30Games don't pay this much. Skills do.
00:22:32How much do the parts cost?
00:22:34Huh?
00:22:35For the car.
00:22:37I think we might want to stay here for a while.
00:22:51Callie.
00:23:22Tula?
00:23:26Are you home?
00:23:31Is Tula around?
00:23:37She's out there putting out something for the Bluebirds, Blue Jays, Blue Summers.
00:23:42Can I be of assistance?
00:23:45Could you tell her that Jan Kiles came by?
00:23:48I need to talk to her about her niece and nephew.
00:23:52Jan Kiles?
00:23:57You sure have a peculiar way of handling yourself, Mr. Ford.
00:24:00How's that?
00:24:02A grown man like yourself, flirting like a schoolboy.
00:24:05But then from what I hear, schoolboys don't often drive aimlessly around America with their ten-year-old daughters.
00:24:10No, I guess they don't, do they?
00:24:12Then again, the schoolgirls I knew when I was a boy never quite looked as good as you do now.
00:24:20I'll tell her you came by to see her.
00:24:25Miss Kiles, you do know you can come by to see me anytime you like.
00:24:30You have a nice smile, Hank, but don't flatter yourself.
00:24:37They never quite looked as good as you?
00:24:40What? They didn't?
00:24:43You better find another game with that one. She's a whole lot smarter than most.
00:24:48Well, maybe that's a good thing.
00:24:56Eight ball, corner pocket.
00:25:02Every man can have a bad day.
00:25:04You up, or you want to fork over the cash you owe me?
00:25:11Hi.
00:25:14Evening, boys.
00:25:17Billy.
00:25:21Beer?
00:25:23You certainly know how to push his buttons.
00:25:25You men really aren't that hard to figure out.
00:25:27How does that sound?
00:25:29Why don't you ask your eight ball buddy?
00:25:31Is there something between the two of you I should know about?
00:25:34The past is exactly that, Hank.
00:25:37Well, if that's the case, do you think we should take another drive?
00:25:41A one-track mind won't get you far in this world.
00:25:44Doesn't seem to have done you wrong.
00:25:46It can't.
00:25:48But I have a meeting tonight.
00:26:08Morning.
00:26:10Hey, hey. It's gonna be a wonderful day, isn't it?
00:26:14Hey, listen, that's all right. I thank you kindly. I'll get it from here.
00:26:22Will you look at this.
00:26:24Yeah, she's a real beauty, isn't she?
00:26:27Well, I never.
00:26:32Is this a beaut or what?
00:26:35Is this a beaut or what?
00:26:37Hey, Henry Ford, you can call me Hank.
00:26:40Dr. Douglas Hamilton, call me Doc.
00:26:43Where did you just come up with this?
00:26:46You wouldn't believe me.
00:26:48Tula had nothing to do with the likes of this.
00:26:51No, that was totally the captain her dearly departed husband's undertaken.
00:26:56Hello?
00:26:58Mr. Ford?
00:27:00Mr. Ford, I said that breakfast was at seven.
00:27:03You're late.
00:27:09Doesn't seem to be in that bad a shape.
00:27:11Well, it shouldn't be.
00:27:13Most of our retirement funds are poured into it.
00:27:15It never ceases to amaze me how a grown man gets so excited about some rotting wood.
00:27:21He kept saying that he was just one breath away from sailing around the world.
00:27:26And then one day he just quit breathing.
00:27:30Sounds to me like your husband was a man of vision.
00:27:32He was a fool, Mr. Ford.
00:27:34Wasting all of his time working on his boat.
00:27:37Breakfast is served.
00:27:41Don't let her kid you.
00:27:44She worshipped the ground the man walked on.
00:27:47He felt the same way about her.
00:27:49You ever feel that way about a woman, Hank?
00:27:54Well, nothing is the same once you do.
00:28:01Sheriff, can you come here for a second?
00:28:03Take a look at this.
00:28:08You know who that is?
00:28:10Your aunt?
00:28:11No, no, a fellow with her.
00:28:13Find out all you can about him for me, will you?
00:28:15Something wrong?
00:28:17No, not yet.
00:28:19But I smell trouble.
00:28:21Give me a day or two.
00:28:23Now, assuming this guy has trouble,
00:28:27Now, assuming this guy has trouble,
00:28:29it won't be too hard for you to find out now, will it?
00:28:32Won't be too hard to find out, won't be too hard to take care of.
00:28:35Thank you, Sheriff.
00:28:56Thank you.
00:29:12Come in.
00:29:13That was just a game.
00:29:17You know, adults play games, too.
00:29:21The other day, when I said I'd talk to my grandma,
00:29:25I just wanted you to know I didn't call her a collect.
00:29:30In fact, I didn't call her at all.
00:29:34It was kind of like a game, too.
00:29:40She died, but I do talk to her, you know.
00:29:44In fact, I do it all the time.
00:29:47In fact, I do it all the time.
00:29:50Hank says it's quite normal to talk to a dead person.
00:29:53I've seen you do it with the captain before.
00:29:57Until we share something.
00:30:00We talk to dead people we love.
00:30:03Well, I find that talking to the captain now, since he's gone,
00:30:08it's just more rewarding than it ever was when he was alive.
00:30:13In fact, I haven't lost an argument with him for over eight years.
00:30:19Besides, I don't so much talk to the captain as I...
00:30:26Vent?
00:30:27Yes.
00:30:28Venting is good.
00:30:33Well, I talk to my grandma when I have things that trouble me.
00:30:38Sometimes, I just need somebody to talk to.
00:30:43You might try the man upstairs.
00:30:46He actually listens.
00:30:49You know, pray.
00:30:57Hank?
00:30:59Hank?
00:31:03It's so simple. I got everything I need to get her ship-shaped right here.
00:31:07I thought we weren't going to cuss, Hank.
00:31:11Do you have to keep calling me that?
00:31:15Do grown-ups play games in there alone?
00:31:18You mean like, uh, Solitaire?
00:31:22No.
00:31:24Like...
00:31:28Like Blind Man's Bluff.
00:31:31I can't imagine why anybody would want to do that.
00:31:34Sheila does.
00:31:36Maybe just your imagination.
00:31:42What's this?
00:31:43Number of days we were in each place.
00:31:45Give or take a few, sometimes I forgot to mark it.
00:31:54You don't like it, do you?
00:31:57With me?
00:32:00Just tagging along?
00:32:02You know, Callie...
00:32:05We're both doing the best we know how. Sometimes, that's all there is.
00:32:07I think Sheila's in trouble.
00:32:09I think we need to stay here.
00:32:12Can we? Daddy?
00:32:15Sure. Sure.
00:32:18You always say that.
00:32:21You said we'd settle down, see?
00:32:23Richmond, Atlanta, New Orleans, Biloxi, St. Louis, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Fort Worth.
00:32:29You don't understand.
00:32:30No, you don't understand.
00:32:32You shouldn't say one thing and do another.
00:32:36We go where the money is. It's as simple as that.
00:32:39Then I just get dragged along.
00:32:42Make sure you're only pulling weeds.
00:33:13What's wrong?
00:33:17Do you know what it's like to feel completely alone in the world?
00:33:23The feeling when one person in the world who's supposed to love you the most doesn't.
00:33:30Oh, Callie. You're not alone. Your father...
00:33:34My father doesn't want me.
00:33:36Oh, don't say that.
00:33:38Wherever we go, I'm afraid to go to sleep.
00:33:41Because if I do, he may not be there when I wake up.
00:33:46I stay awake when he's at pool halls, bars, and even when he's in the next bed.
00:33:52The only time I can sleep in peace is when we're on the road.
00:33:58If I'm in the car, there's no way he can leave me.
00:34:05Oh. Oh, dear.
00:34:11You know, love and life can be the most wonderful and awful things at the same time.
00:34:25You've just got to try to make the best of both, okay?
00:34:31Oh, dear.
00:34:33Oh, baby.
00:34:57She jogs in beauty like the night.
00:35:01I see you've found the low point of Cumberland's social scene, the pool hall.
00:35:06Some folks think of it like that. I like to think of it as a way to make some fast cash.
00:35:11When you've got a kid and all, boy, you need all the cash you can get.
00:35:19I want to show you something.
00:35:24This is what they used to call a hope chest.
00:35:28Silly old relic of the past.
00:35:31Asking you to take everything that makes up who you are and put it away in hopes of finding a man.
00:35:39And you get lost in his identity until the day he dies, and then you're left alone again.
00:35:47Oh, my gosh. That is a beautiful dress.
00:35:51My grandma was wearing a dress just like that.
00:35:54Well, believe me, I was buried in this one, too.
00:35:59My wedding dress.
00:36:02You don't really mean that, do you, Tula?
00:36:05Oh, not always.
00:36:08Truth is, we were a fine match.
00:36:11I just gave up too much, that's all.
00:36:18Your daughter is something special.
00:36:20Do you know that it took me six months before Tula let me inside her house?
00:36:24Before that, I had to talk to her through an open window.
00:36:28Yeah, Callie's one tough cookie. She won't take no for an answer.
00:36:32Well, no isn't an easy concept for a kid to understand.
00:36:36I love my little girl.
00:36:38You can't run forever. That little girl of yours is going to grow up before you know it.
00:36:43So here comes the speech about settling down.
00:36:46I think you can't force someone to be tied to a place.
00:36:51You can only hope that they like the people there enough to put down some roots.
00:37:00I always wanted to believe when I got to the right place, I'd know it.
00:37:06You'll know it.
00:37:11I gotta finish my run.
00:37:17Yours?
00:37:19Mm-hmm.
00:37:21I had a doll.
00:37:23Once.
00:37:25We lived in Santa Fe. Had to leave in a hurry.
00:37:28She got left behind by accident.
00:37:30Why don't you take her?
00:37:36She's not doing anybody any good in this old trunk.
00:37:41She's not doing anybody any good in this old trunk.
00:37:46Thank you, Tula.
00:37:48I promise I'll never leave her.
00:37:50You're welcome.
00:37:52Okay, come on. Let's leave this old attic and do something fun.
00:38:01So on a scale of one to ten, would you say you and the captain's marriage rated a six?
00:38:08I thought we were doing my hair, not 20 questions.
00:38:12Just relax. Think of it as beauty parlor talk.
00:38:15All right.
00:38:16Whatever gets said here, stays here.
00:38:18So, um, not even a six, huh?
00:38:27So, you fell out of love with the captain?
00:38:29Oh, never. Never.
00:38:32It's just that he kept chasing one dream after another till, after a while, I just felt left behind.
00:38:42I know how that feels.
00:38:45Absolute worst.
00:38:55Oh, Tank. You're so early.
00:38:59I'll be right back.
00:39:01I'm gonna go talk some turkey.
00:39:04Why don't you let me talk turkey with your father this time?
00:39:20Mr. Ford.
00:39:22We had an agreement, Mr. Ford.
00:39:25For room and board and $40 a day, you have to accomplish certain things.
00:39:31I'm just waiting for you.
00:39:32Yes, I know that you're waiting for parts for the car.
00:39:35But that shouldn't hold you back from tackling some of the other things that I requested.
00:39:40None of which involve you and that, that boat.
00:39:46Well, first thing in the morning, I will.
00:39:48Oh, excuses, excuses. Let's talk turkey, Mr. Ford.
00:39:51See, first of all, the mailbox needs to be painted.
00:39:54The wood needs to be cut and split.
00:39:56And that is just the beginning of the list of things that I asked you to do the day before.
00:40:01If I were you, I would get cracking before breakfast.
00:40:06Because you are going to have a very long day.
00:40:31I'm going to have a very long day.
00:41:01You really seem to have Hank working away.
00:41:21Oh, it's amazing what you can get done when you talk turkey to somebody.
00:41:28How long has he been at it?
00:41:29Since the song came up, he didn't even stop for lunch.
00:41:38I'm not so sure I want to speak to you right now.
00:41:40Yeah? Why is that?
00:41:43I don't think the warden and her assistant would be too happy to see me yapping and not working.
00:41:47They are quite a pair.
00:41:49Say that again.
00:41:52They told me you didn't even stop for lunch.
00:41:54Was afraid to.
00:41:55You must be starving then.
00:41:57Beyond.
00:41:59Why don't you wash up, come by my place and we can grab a bite to eat.
00:42:04You asking me out on a date?
00:42:06No, not really.
00:42:07I just thought that you might want a good meal and a chance to escape them for a while.
00:42:15You got yourself a deal.
00:42:17I'll even pay.
00:42:18No, Hank.
00:42:19I did the inviting, so I'll do the paying.
00:42:23I like a free-spinning woman.
00:42:25I'll see you at eight.
00:42:28So, you didn't come all the way out here to check the household improvements or fraternize with the help.
00:42:35Come on, spill it.
00:42:36Billy wants to come by tomorrow and make a personal plea about the house and the land.
00:42:40Okay, fine.
00:42:41You just bring her on.
00:42:42I'm ready.
00:42:43It's about time that I put an end to all that nonsense.
00:42:47Come on, Kelly.
00:42:48Miss Kyles?
00:42:49Yeah?
00:42:50Be careful of Hank.
00:42:53He says a lot of things that he doesn't mean.
00:42:57I think I can handle him, Kelly.
00:42:59So, I'm going to keep on telling myself and look where it's got me.
00:43:10Your hair looks lovely today.
00:43:12Thank you.
00:43:13I decided to try something different.
00:43:15Oh, I like it.
00:43:18Whoa.
00:43:20Slippery little devils, aren't they?
00:43:22Now, where'd that glass of lemon go?
00:43:26Hold up, hold up, wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:43:31I stepped on a little booger.
00:43:39Look, I don't mean to be a pest, but have you given any thought to that specialist in Boulder?
00:43:45What good would that do?
00:43:47We're only delaying the inevitable.
00:43:50Now, we're all going to die someday.
00:43:52Why don't we go up to the roof right now and jump off head first and get it over with?
00:43:56I just get so tired of hearing someone that I care so much about being so cavalier about.
00:44:19I know that you loved your husband, but it's been eight years, Tula.
00:44:25Maybe I should have gotten that off my chest before now.
00:44:29I had no idea that you felt that way about me.
00:44:32That's the problem with being a gentleman.
00:44:41Congenial compliments, the ones from the heart, kind of get all jumbled up.
00:44:48I don't know what to make of this.
00:44:50You make of it what you wish, Tula.
00:44:55That's the way I feel.
00:45:00Let me take a rain check on that lemonade.
00:45:11So, this is the dinner rush, huh?
00:45:14I'm sure by now you've realized that Cumberland has no mysteries.
00:45:18I wouldn't say that. It's a mystery why you asked me to dinner.
00:45:22Well, sometimes it's best not to ask questions and just go with the flow.
00:45:27With the flow?
00:45:29Yeah, the flow.
00:45:31So, where would this flow be taking me?
00:45:34I can tell you where it's not taking you.
00:45:36Where would that be?
00:45:37Back to my place.
00:45:40At least not tonight.
00:45:43Why do I have the feeling I have no say in any of this flow?
00:45:47You see, Hank, you are a very perceptive man, and that is one of the things I like about you.
00:45:53So, you really do like something about me?
00:45:56You're good looking, and you care about your daughter, albeit in the roundabout way that men care about things.
00:46:04But...
00:46:05But what?
00:46:08Well, you're a bit of a player, and I want to see if I can trust you.
00:46:15And you think I can give you...
00:46:17Maybe. Maybe not.
00:46:19But it's hard for a small-town gal like myself to resist a dangerous stranger.
00:46:25So, I'm dangerous too.
00:46:29Any man that a woman would let into her heart who can just up and take off one day is dangerous.
00:46:36That is the risk we run.
00:46:45I wonder what you would think of me now, Captain.
00:46:48Eight years and not one bit richer or wiser.
00:46:53A little more broken down.
00:46:58A little further from our dream.
00:47:01But I'm going to try to change that.
00:47:05I've got a man chasing me.
00:47:12So don't you even think of being jealous when I get my new look.
00:47:20I'm tired of living in the past.
00:47:23And I hope that you'll be happy for me.
00:47:36Well, well.
00:47:38You've got this place looking like a million bucks.
00:47:42Hello.
00:47:43Hello, Hank.
00:47:45You can't.
00:47:51Well, when you've finished with your work, why don't we go for another walk?
00:47:56Sure.
00:47:57I've got a lot of work to do.
00:48:01Well, when you've finished with your work, why don't we go for another swim?
00:48:07Hank just loves to go down to that old swimming hole.
00:48:13So, Tula really wanted you here today?
00:48:15Yes.
00:48:16And when we're done, Hank and I have a date.
00:48:18We're putting out bird feeders for Tula down by the river.
00:48:21You know, that little secluded spot with the trees?
00:48:23Is that right, Hank?
00:48:25That little secluded spot down by the river?
00:48:29That's about the size of it, yeah.
00:48:32Well, you two have a lovely time.
00:48:41The watering hole, huh?
00:48:53Tula said to thank you for coming.
00:48:55She has now agreed to see you.
00:48:57Who does she think she is, the queen?
00:49:05Doesn't she look lovely?
00:49:11We experimented with a lot of different styles.
00:49:14Lovely.
00:49:16I've asked you both to come here today to talk turkey.
00:49:21There comes a point in life where you have to quit looking over your shoulder and look straight ahead.
00:49:29At least, that's what Dr. Phil says.
00:49:32I've chosen to live privately in my life for a reason.
00:49:38But things are going to change.
00:49:41I am not selling my house.
00:49:44I'm not letting anyone force me out of my house while I'm still alive.
00:49:49I have my own plans for my house.
00:49:53And I intend to have Mr. Ford and his daughter help me.
00:49:58So, you can tell your brother, the Chamber of Commerce, the Golf Course Planning Committee.
00:50:09Would you do that for me?
00:50:11And, I'm not willing it to you either.
00:50:19Try not to have a cow.
00:50:26This newfound independence may be very difficult for family members and friends to accept.
00:50:31I would suggest watching Oprah.
00:50:33It helps.
00:50:40Just about got it.
00:50:42These things tend to be tricky.
00:50:50You wasted half of it.
00:50:59To go on with the flow.
00:51:05I hope this is the beginning.
00:51:07How about a choice?
00:51:10I hate it when you smoke. You could burn the whole place down.
00:51:14The whole place is burning down. Don't you get it, Dave?
00:51:17All our dreams are burning down around us.
00:51:19Tool has always been difficult, okay? Nothing's changed.
00:51:22Oh, plenty's changed.
00:51:24She's got a little support group around her now.
00:51:27Just get him in with us or out of here.
00:51:29Who?
00:51:30Hank Ford. Just get him in or get him out.
00:51:32What?
00:51:34He's nothing but a drifter, okay?
00:51:37Eventually, he'll just move on.
00:51:40You think so?
00:51:41Yeah.
00:51:42Have you seen the house? It looks great.
00:51:45He's even dating the county social worker.
00:51:48This goes on a few more weeks and we'll never get her off that land.
00:51:54Okay.
00:51:57Carla, Dave Jeter's here.
00:52:00Is the sheriff in?
00:52:10That's it?
00:52:11For now.
00:52:12Yes. You have proven that you are more than capable of caring for yourself
00:52:15and providing for the upkeep of your home.
00:52:18Thank you.
00:52:19You're welcome.
00:52:21You have proven that you are more than capable of caring for yourself
00:52:24and providing for the upkeep of your home.
00:52:26The county isn't in a position to deem you otherwise.
00:52:31I would like to apologize for being so hard on you before.
00:52:35I realized that you were doing your job and I understand that now.
00:52:41I do this job, Toola, because I like helping people.
00:52:44Some just make it harder than others.
00:52:47I'm so sorry.
00:52:49I met your niece and nephew.
00:52:51You were feisty, all right, but I don't blame you.
00:52:54I'd fight for what was mine.
00:52:56I gotta run.
00:53:06Sheriff, how much did that drifter take you for, anyway?
00:53:09A couple of bucks.
00:53:11You interested in making it back by helping me out with something?
00:53:16I'm listening.
00:53:19I'm listening.
00:53:26Hey.
00:53:27Hello.
00:53:28I'm glad you two came by today.
00:53:30I just got approval from my boss to throw a charity auction for the Women's Center.
00:53:35I put together a list of donors who've given generously to drives like this in the past.
00:53:42Something wrong?
00:53:49Where did you get this?
00:53:51I just turned this report in this morning.
00:53:53Where and how is not important, Ms. Kiles.
00:53:56Do you actually expect us to sit back while you and your drifter boyfriend get in the way of us taking what is rightfully ours?
00:54:03What are you talking about?
00:54:05This has nothing to do with me or Hank.
00:54:07This is about Toola.
00:54:08And I see no reason why she should be moved out of her home.
00:54:11This report came right out of your boss's office.
00:54:14You want to play hardball? Fine.
00:54:17It's very easy for me to pick up the phone and let him know what a, quote, wonderful job you've been doing.
00:54:22Like letting a man and an underage girl, who obviously hasn't been in a formal educational environment her entire life, squat at an elderly woman's home?
00:54:32First, it's summer, so Callie wouldn't be in school anyway.
00:54:36And second, you know nothing about Hank or Callie's past.
00:54:40Is that so?
00:54:47What's to argue?
00:54:49They were living out of their car before they conned my Aunt Toola into letting them stay in her guest house.
00:54:54There was no conning going on.
00:54:56Toola invited them in.
00:54:58Look at his record.
00:55:03We'll give you a few days to think it over, Ms. Kiles.
00:55:06After that, Dave will start making his calls.
00:55:18Is he really going to move out to Toola's house?
00:55:21Sure. Why not?
00:55:24Weren't you the one that said you didn't like this place and we should move on?
00:55:27It's growing on me.
00:55:29I'm growing on you.
00:55:32Hank, don't pout.
00:55:34Let me, your father, start treating me as such.
00:55:38Then you're going to have to start acting like one.
00:56:17I love you.
00:56:19I love you.
00:56:45Brought you a mess of trout.
00:56:50Only four.
00:56:53Excuse me. I thought I'd start small and see where it got me.
00:56:57I'm sorry. Thank you.
00:57:03Douglas, you're a smart man.
00:57:05Could you tell me something?
00:57:08Why is it that first the captain and now this Hank...
00:57:14What is going on?
00:57:18What is it with this blasted boat?
00:57:24Oh, I don't know.
00:57:27Sometimes I think a person can get all caught up in the fear of failing.
00:57:31So they put all their time and effort into things that just don't matter.
00:57:38Like fixing up an old boat.
00:57:43Puttering on a car. Fishing.
00:57:46Is that why the world is so full of dreamers?
00:57:49Why the world is so full of folks who are just one step away from having everything they want.
00:57:54That was the captain.
00:57:58He just couldn't risk failure in order to achieve his dream.
00:58:04We all have our dreams, too.
00:58:08I've watched you for 30 years and lately you've just been hanging on.
00:58:12Just keeping out the world.
00:58:17Look, you can pretend as though you don't have a dream, but I know different.
00:58:23Instead of just hanging on.
00:58:26Why don't you just let go?
00:58:29Just close your eyes.
00:58:31And just this once.
00:58:36Go for it.
00:58:46Go for it.
00:58:55Go wash up.
00:59:12Excuse me, will you?
00:59:14Can I do that or not? What do you think, Sheriff? Can I do that or not?
00:59:21I make it a point to know everyone in my town, Henry Clinton Aloysius Ford.
00:59:26Clinton Aloysius.
00:59:29Well, my mother, she has a sense of humor, okay?
00:59:32Well, I don't.
00:59:34Ford, you've been on the edge of trouble for 10 years now.
00:59:37Managed to cut a swath of complications all across the country.
00:59:42I'm not too serious.
00:59:44This is my town.
00:59:47And the folks here expect me to keep it nice and peaceful.
00:59:52Personally, I think you'd be saving us a whole lot of trouble if you'd just pick up and get out of here.
00:59:57But Billy and Dave Jeter have something they want to say to you first.
01:00:00And I strongly recommend you hear it.
01:00:04You won't buy the mason jar.
01:00:07I can't take your word of credit.
01:00:11That was fun. This round's on me.
01:00:25Have a seat.
01:00:27Thank you for coming, Mr. Ford.
01:00:35I was under the impression I didn't have much of a choice.
01:00:44Sheila says if you spend as much time doing the work she gives you...
01:00:48...as you do playing 8-ball or working on this old boat...
01:00:52...this place would look like a national park by now.
01:00:55What are you griping about?
01:00:57I thought you liked staying here, especially now that you're open to the house.
01:01:00I'm not griping. Just passing a message along.
01:01:03I guess you don't want to stay here now. I swear it's like your little tula nagging me all the time.
01:01:08I might want to leave sooner rather than later.
01:01:11I don't want to stay here, Hank.
01:01:14I want to live here.
01:01:16Well, I guess you don't need me then.
01:01:18You've got everything you want right here. You've got a place to stay.
01:01:21You've got somebody to take care of you.
01:01:23Don't say that.
01:01:24What does it matter what I say or do?
01:01:27You want to stay here? We both know you'd be better off if you did.
01:01:30Hank, what if I...
01:01:31You can't even call me Dad!
01:01:36Gosh darn it!
01:01:38Why can't you all just leave me alone?
01:02:00I don't want to go up there.
01:02:02I've been in some trouble.
01:02:04I could really use the assistance of a kindly-hearted person.
01:02:31Sheriff.
01:02:32Doc.
01:02:33Something on your mind?
01:02:36Doc, the drifter and his kid have got to go.
01:02:42Why would that be, Sheriff?
01:02:44I thought maybe you could reason with Tula some.
01:02:47Reason with her?
01:02:48You mean tell her to kick him out so Billy and Dave can swoop right in?
01:02:52Doc, don't make this harder than it has to be.
01:02:54Don't try to talk to me like we're friends.
01:02:58Just go on back and tell those two vultures
01:03:01that things are changing for the better in Tula's life
01:03:04and they're just going to have to deal with it, that's all.
01:03:06All right, have it your way.
01:03:09But don't say I didn't give you the chance to make it easier.
01:03:12That a threat, Sheriff?
01:03:14No, Doc.
01:03:16It's not a threat.
01:03:18Good.
01:03:27You
01:03:57you
01:04:27you
01:04:45At least I'll have that memory of me and you at the swimming hole to keep me warm at night.
01:04:52Excuse me, I have to go have dinner with Jan.
01:04:57Okay.
01:05:27you
01:05:57you
01:06:28you
01:06:30You had a chance to do the right thing.
01:06:33Sheriff, Billy, Dave gave you every chance.
01:06:36Now look what you're going to make me do.
01:06:40And don't think I'm not enjoying this.
01:06:43I've never seen what Billy saw in you.
01:06:58you
01:07:04you
01:07:16you
01:07:27you
01:07:58Well, what was it tonight, Mr. Ford?
01:08:01Rolled parts?
01:08:02A car party.
01:08:06Neither one missed yours.
01:08:09Come inside. Sit down.
01:08:13you
01:08:26You don't think too much of me, do you, Miss Jeters?
01:08:29Three, maybe. Four on a good day.
01:08:32Much more potential, however.
01:08:36That's a matter of opinion.
01:08:39Where is she?
01:08:41She's in the next room.
01:08:43She fell asleep saying that she might have to move on.
01:08:49Would you happen to know anything about that?
01:08:56Would you care to tell us who did this to you?
01:09:01Didn't think you would.
01:09:11Don't tell her about this, okay?
01:09:13Oh, I don't think you could hide that.
01:09:18Good night, Mr. Ford.
01:09:41you
01:09:57Good morning.
01:10:01Morning.
01:10:12you
01:10:15Callie, would you go inside for a second? I want to talk to your dad.
01:10:21Go get me something cold to drink, Callie.
01:10:25Come on, get going.
01:10:29Go.
01:10:36It's not what you think.
01:10:40Hi.
01:10:42Come on, Jan, don't do that.
01:10:44Hank, I was honest with you from the beginning.
01:10:47I told you I would never get involved with you if you continued to act like this.
01:10:50You're jumping to conclusions. I didn't do this.
01:10:52No, stop.
01:10:55Callie told me what you said to her the other day.
01:11:01Tula's decided to let Callie stay here if she wants.
01:11:04And you can run off like the scared little boy you are.
01:11:07David and Billy threatened my job the other day.
01:11:10If I didn't reverse my report on Tula, they'd call my supervisor and tell him all about you and me.
01:11:16That means all about you and your daughter, Hank.
01:11:19Don't you see that they're playing all the angles?
01:11:22They came after me because of you, and they came after you because they figured you could be bought, bribed, or scared into leaving.
01:11:34What's that?
01:11:38Dave had the sheriff do a background check on you.
01:11:41Dig up some dirt.
01:11:43Jan, why...
01:11:44No, don't, Hank.
01:11:46Even after reading that, I was still willing to give you a chance.
01:11:50But now, what's the difference, right?
01:11:55Right.
01:12:00Right.
01:12:07Right.
01:12:24I am so proud of you.
01:12:27I never thought you'd take the eye exam, let alone make an appointment for the procedure.
01:12:32Oh, I couldn't take the chance of missing all the sunrises, sunsets, my flowers.
01:12:41Your face. No way.
01:12:44Thank you.
01:12:47I'm gonna clear my schedule next week, so I can be with you all the way through.
01:13:03How are you feeling today?
01:13:11I've been better.
01:13:13Been a whole lot worse.
01:13:15You know, I was wondering.
01:13:17Would you mind taking a look at my car?
01:13:20I've got a couple of other people in town who are interested, too.
01:13:24Would you mind?
01:13:26You know, Hank,
01:13:29you could make a good living
01:13:32settling down here.
01:13:34Cumberland, I mean.
01:13:38Helping Tula would just be the start of it.
01:13:42I've got a building on the other side of town.
01:13:44Years ago, you and I used to hang out there.
01:13:47Now I've got a house.
01:13:50I've got a building on the other side of town.
01:13:52Years ago, it used to be a garage. It could be again.
01:13:55They put you up to this?
01:13:57No.
01:13:59But I heard about your blow-up this morning.
01:14:02My blow-up?
01:14:03Look, all I'm trying to do is to show you some alternatives for your future, that's all.
01:14:10It's a nice thought, Doc. I don't think I have much of a future here.
01:14:14Let me tell you something.
01:14:17A man doesn't hand another one a beating like that unless he's afraid of it.
01:14:21Well, you weren't on the other side of that beating.
01:14:25Well, that's fair enough.
01:14:31Well, if you change your mind, you know where to find me.
01:14:36Do you think he'll just up and leave her if he gets the chance?
01:14:40He already has the chance.
01:14:42I just hope he doesn't take it.
01:14:44You really like him, don't you?
01:14:47I don't have too long.
01:14:50I have chased more men in my life who were bad for me than I care to remember.
01:14:57I just thought I could change this one.
01:15:00I thought I saw something.
01:15:02Well, if you thought you saw something, then it must be there.
01:15:06Goodness knows.
01:15:08Callie keeps believing so, it must be true.
01:15:16So, are you really going to do this bed and breakfast thing?
01:15:20Doc and I are going to try it.
01:15:24I'm not sure I want to do it.
01:15:26Doc and I are going to try it.
01:15:29Doc and you?
01:15:31Doc and me.
01:15:34Tuma, you never cease to amaze me.
01:15:40Hank!
01:15:56Hank!
01:16:26Hank!
01:16:56Hank!
01:17:26Hank!
01:17:53Tuma!
01:17:56Tuma! He's gone!
01:17:58The car is gone and his stuff is missing!
01:18:04I'm so sorry.
01:18:06Okay.
01:18:26I'm so sorry.
01:18:56I'm so sorry.
01:19:26I'm so sorry.
01:19:42Okay.
01:19:44So?
01:19:46Well, one of the boys that I had posted out by Tula's place caught him sneaking out of the crack of dawn.
01:19:51Mr. Ford is gone for good.
01:19:54Or at least he made one for the show.
01:19:56Thank you, Sharon.
01:19:58Sure.
01:20:00Thank you so much.
01:20:02See you.
01:20:04Cool to see you around.
01:20:10I think we should pay a visit to our Aunt Tula.
01:20:13Shall we?
01:20:25What are you doing here?
01:20:27You are not welcome.
01:20:29Jan told me how you threatened her.
01:20:31Oh, can the tough girl routine, Aunt Tula.
01:20:34We know your houseboy is taken off.
01:20:36So?
01:20:38So, how long does she think she can keep up this place without his help?
01:20:42Ah, give it a few months. The place will look worse than it did before he got here.
01:20:45Oh, I'm sorry.
01:20:47I'm sorry.
01:20:49I'm sorry.
01:20:51Give it a few months. The place will look worse than it did before he got here.
01:20:54Oh, I wouldn't be too sure about that.
01:20:56And Miss Kiles, if you thought we were threatening you before,
01:21:00I wonder what your county supervisor would think of you turning a blind eye to a minor living here who's been abandoned by her father.
01:21:07Especially one who lives with a woman who will soon be unable to care for herself.
01:21:11You wish.
01:21:13Nope. I think the games and the flights of fancy are over with.
01:21:22Daddy.
01:21:25Why am I not surprised to see you two buzzards here so soon?
01:21:28Oh, bravo. The hero returns.
01:21:31Too bad he's a bum.
01:21:33No, it's too bad you're a tramp.
01:21:36Daddy.
01:21:39I knew you'd come back, Daddy.
01:21:41I thought you might want these.
01:21:45Doc.
01:21:47I was wondering if you're still interested in me having a look at that car in that garage.
01:21:50Be my pleasure.
01:21:52All right, you two.
01:21:54How many times do I have to tell you that I don't want you here?
01:21:58You're all making a huge mistake here.
01:22:00Get up.
01:22:02We'll end up getting what we want one way or another.
01:22:04Oh, no, you won't.
01:22:06See, next week I'm having eye surgery.
01:22:09And after that, you just try and take my house away from me and Doc.
01:22:14Now, shoo.
01:22:21Oh, and Mr. Ford?
01:22:23Tons of potential.
01:22:26I knew you'd come back, Daddy.
01:22:28I was just afraid to say it in case I jinxed it.
01:22:31It'd take a lot more than a jinx to get rid of me.
01:22:33Mwah.
01:22:35Mwah.
01:22:38I have to apologize for being so hard on you.
01:22:40No, you don't.
01:22:42You were right.
01:22:44I'm more scared than I've ever been.
01:22:46Well, maybe I can help you with that.
01:22:48Maybe.
01:22:50Oh, Mr. Ford.
01:22:52Yes, ma'am?
01:22:54Is that boat a real one?
01:22:56Yes, it is.
01:22:58It's a real one.
01:23:00It's a real one.
01:23:02It's a real one.
01:23:04Mr. Ford.
01:23:05Yes, ma'am?
01:23:06Is that boat seaworthy?
01:23:09Yes, ma'am. I believe it is.
01:23:11Well, good. When Doc and I get back from Boulder, then why don't we all take a ride around the lake?
01:23:16Mr. Ford.
01:23:18Please don't yes, ma'am me.
01:23:20My name's Tula.
01:23:30Life is so full of surprises.
01:23:34After the captain died, I never thought that I could find love or happiness again.
01:23:40Every day was the same, and the next held no more promise than the last.
01:23:45But then, these two people entered my life.
01:23:49And they were even more lost in this world than I was.
01:23:53Where I thought that I couldn't care less.